furgonomics
English
editEtymology
editBlend of fur (“clipping of furry”) + ergonomics.
Noun
editfurgonomics (uncountable)
- (furry fandom) Ergonomics as it applies to furries; the design of equipment and objects in order to accommodate anthropomorphic animals.
- 1994 March 8, Bruce Grant, “Non-human FurryMUCK typists, Re: Dream of ....”, in alt.furry.fan[1] (Usenet):
- And not just for actual furries: that's how I started on keyboards. Now, <ahem> years later, I'm up to about 4. - 6 fingers when I get a good head of steam up.
Furgonomics -- now _there's_ a fascinating field for study! :->
- 2000 August 15, Rimau Dahan, “FUR: Wedding Furgonomics”, in alt.furry.fan[2] (Usenet):
- I've got this couple, in some of my stories, who just got engaged (for the second time)--and this time, it looks like they actually *will* get married. Which brought up some furgonomics questions regarding the wedding.
First of all, dresses. How the deuce does one deal with a dress if one has a tail? The bride's wedding gown might have to have a rather strange zipper on the back.
- 2022 August 20, u/Le_Endal, “Thinking furgonomics is kind of thinking disability”, in r/furgonomics[4], Reddit:
- Furgonomics reveals that the mass production of a single model of a good, like a chair, has its limits. In a world dwelled by anthro people, variations in the anatomy of furries forces us to re-think the way people live.